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For the typical American, the utter incompetence and inefficiency that have become part of our daily lives, the things we take in stride and pass off as "What more could you expect from that outfit?" are really an important part of the "mystique." By Sunday, we can no longer tolerate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 30, 1970 | 11/30/1970 | See Source »

Even a nonbeliever knows his astrological sign. If his birthday falls, for example, between May 22 and June 21, the charts have always told him that he is a Gemini. They reassure him that deep down he is a restless, versatile, clever, exuberant and expressive chap, even if friends and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: The Revised Zodiac | 11/23/1970 | See Source »

It was a miserable, sloppy, hastily done record; and listening to it, I felt as if Dyland had gone out of his way to thumb his nose at everyone who bought his records on faith. He had put his name on a record and asked us to plunk down six...

Author: By Garrett Epps, | Title: Dylan New Morning | 11/14/1970 | See Source »

All these are excellent sports in their ways, but to the average American they bear about the same satisfying relationship to real football as chopped liver does to rare sirloin, or 3.2 beer to a belt of bourbon. Real football, for nine out of ten, is the pro variety. High...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: MYSTIQUE OF PRO FOOTBALL | 11/9/1970 | See Source »

Harvard will probably win, but the margin of victory will not be overwhelming. Princeton barely escaped losing to Penn last weekend in a sloppy game. If Harvard, like Princeton, fails to recover from Dartmouth, the Crimson will lose.

Author: By Evan W. Thomas, | Title: Crimson Narrowly Favored Over Quaker Eleven Today | 10/31/1970 | See Source »

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